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Ian Bell and Charlotte Edwards scoop cricketer of the year award at Lord's dinner

Last Updated: 09/06/14 11:28pm

Ian Bell has been named England¿s player of the year at Lord¿s.

Ian Bell has been named England¿s player of the year at Lord¿s.

Warwickshire batsman Ian Bell has been named England's cricketer of the year for 2013-14.

The 32-year-old Coventry-born player shone during last summer’s Ashes series, making three hundreds and two half-centuries to help England retain the urn.

He was also part of the ODI team that finished runners-up to India in the ICC Champions Trophy and earned a recall to the England Twenty20 squad for the tour of the West Indies.

During the summer series on home soil, Bell became the first man since Chris Broad in 1986/87 to reach 100 in three consecutive Ashes Tests, averaging 62.44 for the five-match series. He was also named man of the series.

Speaking about his award, which he picked up at a dinner held in the Long Room at Lord's, Bell said: "It is something to be proud of, for sure.

"There were other outstanding performances throughout the year too, even if the winter didn't go to plan.

"Only Michael Clarke and I passed 1,000 Test runs for the year, so that is an achievement in itself. It is only the second time I've done it in my career."

Bell's England team-mates Stuart Broad and Joe Root were the other nominees for the award.

Charlotte Edwards received the Women’s Cricketer of the Year Award for leading England to back-to-back Ashes series successes, as well as producing consistent form with the bat.

Under-19 skipper and Yorkshire teenager Will Rhodes won the England Development Programme award, while Stephen George collected the Disability Cricketer of the Year prize for his displays as a wicketkeeper-batsman.